Preferred Label : fontan procedure;
MeSH definition : A procedure in which total right atrial or total caval blood flow is channeled directly
into the pulmonary artery or into a small right ventricle that serves only as a conduit.
The principal congenital malformations for which this operation is useful are TRICUSPID
ATRESIA and single ventricle with pulmonary stenosis.;
MeSH synonym : operation, fontan; fontan operation; procedure, fontan; stage 3 norwood procedure; norwood procedure, stage 3; norwood procedure, stage III; stage III norwood procedure; Fontan Palliation; Palliation, Fontan;
CISMeF synonym : Fontan;
MeSH hyponym : Hemi-Fontan procedure; Hemi Fontan Procedure; Procedure, Hemi-Fontan; Norwood Procedure, Stage 2; Bidirectional Glenn Shunt; Bidirectional Glenn Shunts; Glenn Shunt, Bidirectional; Glenn Shunts, Bidirectional; Shunt, Bidirectional Glenn; Shunts, Bidirectional Glenn; Stage II Norwood Procedure; Bidirectional Glenn Procedure; Bidirectional Glenn Procedures; Glenn Procedure, Bidirectional; Glenn Procedures, Bidirectional; Procedure, Bidirectional Glenn; Procedures, Bidirectional Glenn; Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt; Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunts; Cavopulmonary Shunt, Bidirectional; Cavopulmonary Shunts, Bidirectional; Shunt, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary; Shunts, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary; Norwood Procedure, Stage II; Stage 2 Norwood Procedure;
Related MeSH term : Circulation, Fontan; Fontan Circuit; Circuit, Fontan;
Origin ID : D018729;
UMLS CUI : C0190010;
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A procedure in which total right atrial or total caval blood flow is channeled directly
into the pulmonary artery or into a small right ventricle that serves only as a conduit.
The principal congenital malformations for which this operation is useful are TRICUSPID
ATRESIA and single ventricle with pulmonary stenosis.
http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Fr/HealthAZ/TestsAndTreatments/Procedures/Pages/Fenestration-Closure-After-a-Fontan-Operation-in-the-Heart-Catheterization-Lab.aspx
2009
Canada
popular works
laboratories
fenestration, labyrinth
fontan procedure
child
cardiac catheterization
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http://revmed.ch/RMS/2006/RMS-67/31360
2006
true
Switzerland
French
heart defects, congenital
cardiac surgical procedures
fontan procedure
journal article
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